I didn't have to look far. Just back a few pages. Bing search, too, if that makes much difference.

Wow, okay. Just did. Again. I didn't know. I guess that's what I get for just reading the blurb and not clicking the links/Googling...

He may be a wonderful person. I've heard little about him, and it's good that he's trying to fight corruption in government (good luck to him). But does anyone actually like McAfee Antivirus? I always think of it as something non tech-savvy parents and grandparents use.

Sorry for the late reply. That would also be a good plan, but I don't see how the current one is "off the path of liberty." It's no different than using Facebook for free in exchange for sending data to third parties, except that in this scenario you potentially have a job. Neither situation is ideal, but I fail to see how it's really harmful? Also, Coursera seems to be mostly "mass video lectures" and a few peer graded, short essays--not at all equivalent to a full course, in my opinion--but Udacity from what I understand has some fairly high quality course material.

A bit of privacy is sacrificed here, but I think it would be worth it in the long run: free education and possible job prospects? Sounds good, and it's a good way for MOOCs to make some money. The article said there would soon be charges for certificates, though the course will remain free. I can't see anyone paying for a certificate of completion for a non-accredited course. Is there any benefit to these certificates? Overall though, I love MOOCs.

Hm, tell me what to think when you switch. I was actually thinking of switching myself (or to Arch Linux, for obviously different reasons) but I wasn't sure it would even be worth the hassle. Ubuntu is pretty great.

How come people dying for games don't just run Linux and their Windows OS of choice on dual boot? I use Ubuntu for most things and Windows 7 for Dungeons and Dragons Online.

The fact that this exists annoys me to no end, but some of the examples actually make sense. For instance, censoring the word Vagina in iBooks: it's a body part and there's no reason to be ashamed of it, but couldn't Apple just be trying to keep the initial results G rated? The same with autocomplete in search engines. Like the source said, it's not like the content is being blocked. Facebook has always been tyrannical with content, though, and there's no excuse for that.

Read the Wikipedia page. It sounds interesting. It seems like a lot of people dismissed the book, but then they would, wouldn't they? I don't know if this was a sarcastic comment or not, but I'm actually going to check the book out, so thanks!

I'm sorry. Maybe I'm missing something. I mean, I know it wasn't the wisest area for it, but if the pathogens can't be released, or are at very low risk for doing so, what's the danger? I know if something is released it will spread extremely quickly, but if the proper precautions are taken, how would anything be released? Are they less capable of keeping pathogens in than they're claiming?

The scientists owe it to the people there to reduce the risk of an escaped pathogen by as much as they can. Once they do that, there really shouldn't be anything to complain about--it would just be pure, irrational fear from what I can see.

There's not really enough information yet to tell if this is a good idea, at least to me. It would be nice if it happened, since you're paying ~$1000 basically for an operating system, since the hardware is more or less what you'd find in a good PC. But how will this effect performance?